Forrest Warden Myers, also known as Frosty Myers (born 1941 in
Long Beach, California
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) is an American sculptor. He is best known for his pieces ''
Moon Museum
''Moon Museum'' is a small ceramic wafer in size, containing artworks by six prominent artists from the late 1960s. The artists with works in the "museum" are Robert Rauschenberg, David Novros, John Chamberlain, Claes Oldenburg, Forrest Myers ...
'' (1969) and ''
The Wall
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'' (1973), the latter being a monumental wall sculpture in the
SoHo, Manhattan
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neighborhood of
New York City
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.
He lives and works in
Brooklyn, New York
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and
Damascus, Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
Myers studied at the
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) was a Private college, private art school, college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mis ...
, from 1958 to 1960; and moved to New York City in 1961. During the early to mid-1960s he was a founding member of The
Park Place Gallery
The Park Place Gallery was a contemporary cooperative art gallery, in operation from 1963 to 1967, and was located in New York City. The Park Place Gallery was a notable as a post-World War II gallery for both its location and that it supported a ...
.
His large steel ''Untitled'' from 1969-1970 is included in the outdoor plaza at
The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection in Albany, New York.
Myers life and career has been interviewed by national and international television personalities. ''The Art and Times of Frosty Myers'', a feature length movie documenting his extraordinary life, is also a unique and fascinating window into the New York art scene of the 60s and 70s.
With his wife Debra Arch Myers, Frosty divides his time between homes in Damascus, Pennsylvania, where there is a large museum of his work and a sculpture garden, and St. Augustine, Florida.
Karen Arch
sister of Frosty's wife Debra
References
External links
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1941 births
Living people
20th-century American sculptors
San Francisco Art Institute alumni
Artists from Brooklyn
Artists from Long Beach, California
People from Wayne County, Pennsylvania
Date of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American sculptors
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